Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-06-24
One boulevard


one Boulevard.
Now that Santa Monica is attracting
the marked attention her situation, sur
roundiugs and beauty deserve. one ma
turally desires to see the browning glory
placed upon the brow Of her imperial
prosperity. She has the old line OF rail-
road which for SO many years has carried
the tourist to her beach, and she Will
within a month or two have another
iron way to her attractive shores in the
Los Angeles and Port Ballona line.
Then there is the newest development
in the third road via Cahuenga Pass and
the Rodea de las Aguas ranch, whose
inception was chropicled this week. and
whose completion may be looked for
possibly during the coming autumn.
What all lovers of this charming spot
still wish to see undertakened and then
carried to q successful end, is q grand
driveway between Los Angeles and the
coast at Santa Monica. 1t may safely
ba eaid that, if we are to wait for it un'
ii it is given us by the good offices OF
any public official body, we shall wait
~ long as the rustic did who sat down
by the bank of the river waiting to cross
ntil the stream should have run by.
To secure boulevard from the metropo-
Lis of South California, and this or any
other Of her delightful seaside resorts,
the public will have to depend on the
private enterprise of come individuals or
some combination Of purely private
persons. 1t is now a settled fact that
Los Angeles city will grow westward
until it meets the population from Santa
Monies, and Port Ballona building
inward from the shore. and there will be
one continuous city from the hills here
and the plane to the bIuff' where the
cesseless tides of ocean break against
the land.
1t is, say. sixteen miles from the CEN
ter of Los Angeles to the hotel at Santa
Monica. A garden, paradise, is every
foot of the distance. All the plain will
be dotted in the near future with pretty
homes, and all the commanding hills
will be studded with elegant mansions.
With this automatic statement in
view it is needless to enlarge on the
benefits, attractions and profits of a
grand driveway the entire distance be.
tween the court house here, and the
bay there. All there is to do is to set
forth how it should be done.
First, then, it must not be turn.
pike, not toll road in any sense. The
highway proposed must be free to all the
people.
Secondly, it must be not less than one
hun bred feet wide-better were it one
hundred and fifty feet.
Thirdly, it must have double lines of
trees along its center, and also aligning
both sides. Between these trees in the
center and along the sides must be wide,
smooth walks for pedestrians. And,
lastly, the thoroughfare from city to sea
must be hard, level, smooth roadway,
tn oroughly sprinkled SO as TO be free
from dust the driest and windest days
in the year.
How shall it be provided? BY the
foresighted, good business sense of some
body Of men who own property all the
W ay between the two points proposed.
The city streets will be depended on to
take traveller RS to the limits of the mu-
nicipality. From there by some route
the property holders who will take up
this matter at an early day will
reap q fortune out of the venture.
Already Figueroa and other streets going
south are being densely populated to
Jefferson street. Washington, Adams
and Jefferson streets are rapidly filling
up as far west as the city extends.
Tracts have been subdivided and sold
outside the bounds of the municipality
and in an incredibly short space of time
po pulation by no means sparse will be
found stretching away towards the sea-
A boulevard such as is here outlined
will at once give impetus to this line Of
development. and will attract the force
of the Improvement current in its direc.
tion. Once laid out, there will be no
more CUES ion about the wisdom of the
step. Whoever does it will sell the land
along the line at such marvellous figure.
that every body will be wondering why
he did not foresee it all and take the
had in SO profitable venture.
Los Angeles has many attractive spots
for homes. Her most favored localities
In this line would take rank after the
grand driveway from the city to the sea.
The avenue of itself would attract people
Of taste and wealth to settle along it,
and to build residences in keeping with
the character of the boulevard. TRn
think OF the living stream that would
roll along this road on holidays, and in
fact on all days. The drive would at all
dimes present gala day appearance of
he gaysss type, and those who lived
along Il could at ell times enjoy the